Metroactive Music: Elvis Costello: Nicky Baxter's review: "Elvis Costello wants to be taken seriously as a singer as opposed to a musician, but on his latest album, full of ballads and almost entirely devoid of balls-out rock, he misses his goal."Salon.com: Elvis and his idols: Joyce Millman's review: "Its very lack of cohesion gives it a strangely persistent allure; it keeps calling you back, like the last two clues you can't figure out in the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle."Urban Desires: Elvis Costello: "I don't know if this is Elvis's greatest record, probably not, but there is plenty here to satisfy." Includes sound and lyric samples.